Methods of diet surveys

Food inventory or log-book methodThis method of survey can be carried out only when the head of the family or the house wife is literate enough to record all the purchases in the schedule provided for in the diary properly weighing each individual item.

Weighment of raw foods This method has proved to be a more reliable method of survey than others and has been used commonly in studies undertaken in India. In this method the foods are weighed by the worker personally before cooking.